WOODLAND, CA – The Yolo County Board of Supervisors is set to consider a staff recommendation Tuesday to discontinue the CalWORKs Pacifico Project in partnership with the City of Davis and redirect the funds to immediate housing support services.
The proposal, appearing as Item 29 on the Nov. 4 Board of Supervisors agenda, would formally end the county’s $1.6 million contribution to the project and reallocate remaining funds to backfill a sudden budget deficit and support short-term housing aid programs.
According to the Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA), the Pacifico Project was first introduced in August 2022 as a joint effort with the City of Davis to convert a portion of the Pacifico property into 20 affordable family housing units for CalWORKs families. The plan relied on $1.6 million from the county’s CalWORKs Housing Support Program (HSP), matched by $1.6 million from the city…